Mr. Varnum's Digital Classroom http://tvarnum.edublogs.org Tyngsborough High School – English Department Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Period 5B http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/24/period-5b-90/ http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/24/period-5b-90/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:01:22 +0000 Mr. Varnum http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/?p=1832 We took the vocabulary quiz today.

HOMEWORK: Read 1-120 in Catch-22

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What is your favorite war movie and why do you like it?

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After that, students created weblogs that we will use with our next novel.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading Catch-22.

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HOMEWORK: Prepare for quiz on poetry on Wednesday.

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HOMEWORK: Work on revisions of articles.

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After that, students created reading blogs on Blogger and began working on the first prompt:

What’s the best way to deal with a no win situation? Use examples from what you have read, studied or experienced in your own life to support your point.

HOMEWORK: Prepare for vocabulary quiz on Tuesday and complete blog post.

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HOMEWORK: Story Generators due on Monday.

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HOMEWORK: Study for vocabulary quiz on Monday.

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